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Originally Posted by Birdie
Google collect and analyse a lot of data. They would have tested the effects on the global quality of the search results if they give an extra boost to a link from DMOZ (or yahoo) and if they don't. They will know exactly what the effect is on the global quality of the results. It dosen't matter what you or I think; it dosen't matter what the urban myths of SEO forums are; it dosen't matter if a particular site is listed or not ....Google will trust their testing.
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To me it's a self-fulfilling prophecy or a circular argument. If Google believes a site is important, then it becomes important because Google believes it's important. If Google puts your site at #1 in it's search results, you will get a ton of traffic, therefore validating your importance.